Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current waiting time for children with special educational needs to have education, health and care plans (1) processed, and (2) implemented, in each of the ten districts of Greater Manchester.

The information requested is not held centrally.

Data is collected by the department on assessments for education, health and care (EHC) plans that are completed within their 20-week target. This is published, at local authority level, in table 8 of the “Statements of special educational needs and EHC plans: England 2018” publication attached and available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/statements-of-sen-and-ehc-plans-england-2018.